We're paratroopers, lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded.

At some point we all have to choose between what the world wants you to be and who you are.

 it is very common that white girl characters have love interests and finding love be the plot line and basis for all their stories and interactions.

It is uncommon for a girl character of color to be seen as a potential love interest, in need of defense by a male character and/or support from a male character full stop.

This is because of the history of social devaluation of woc and infantilization of white women.

Thusly:

 it is subversive for white female characters to not have love interests for once and to focus on strength outside of male attention.

while at the same time 

is it subversive for woc to be love interests and treated with care and reverence and with support in relationships on screen. 

The “norms” for two groups of women are different based on the historical interaction both groups have had to suffer under patriarchal and sexist/racist media. 

This is why its okay to feel hurt and roll your eyes when you see people screaming about how michonne from the walking dead “dont need no man” because she’s too “strong” to want to be desired and cared for,  while at the same time feel hurt and roll your eyes when Black Widow is suddenly too helpless to get herself free from a basic ass cage and needs to be rescued by her randomly inserted love interest.